Federicus Dux Mantuae…concessimus Universitati Hebreorum Mantuae

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts

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Lot 241

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Federicus Dux Mantuae…concessimus Universitati Hebreorum Mantuae

Latin manuscript, brown ink on vellum. 13 lines of proclamation plus signatures 13 x 17 inches. Creased. Some light stains. Holes professionally filled. Lower right hand extremity stitched. Entire text intact. Red wax seal with loss. Housed in solander case

Mantua: 5th September, 1532

Est: $10,000 - $12,000

Charter of Privileges granted by Duke Federico of Mantua to the Massari (chief administrative officers of the Jewish Community) concerning the Abattoir of the Jews of Mantua. “The three massari of the community and three bankers are considered to represent the entire community, and they direct, inter alia, the Jewish slaughterhouse in Mantua and the sale of meat.” See S. Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua (1977), pp. 338, 506. See also Simonsohn, Mantua, pp. 767-8, Appendix 12 (full text of document)